Population in Tonga compared to Zambia: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Tonga and Zambia: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Tonga	Zambia	Tonga	Zambia
1960	66,170	3,153,729	-	-
1961	68,037	3,254,086	2.82%	3.18%
1962	69,940	3,358,099	2.8%	3.2%
1963	71,885	3,465,907	2.78%	3.21%
1964	73,879	3,577,017	2.77%	3.21%
1965	75,924	3,692,086	2.77%	3.22%
1966	78,002	3,812,003	2.74%	3.25%
1967	79,814	3,936,343	2.32%	3.26%
1968	81,353	4,065,593	1.93%	3.28%
1969	82,885	4,197,116	1.88%	3.24%
1970	84,401	4,321,718	1.83%	2.97%
1971	85,896	4,442,525	1.77%	2.8%
1972	87,356	4,569,309	1.7%	2.85%
1973	88,805	4,702,693	1.66%	2.92%
1974	90,683	4,842,746	2.11%	2.98%
1975	93,017	4,990,086	2.57%	3.04%
1976	95,325	5,143,842	2.48%	3.08%
1977	96,725	5,302,480	1.47%	3.08%
1978	97,204	5,465,374	0.5%	3.07%
1979	97,544	5,631,728	0.35%	3.04%
1980	97,769	5,802,833	0.23%	3.04%
1981	97,909	5,983,289	0.14%	3.11%
1982	97,980	6,178,637	0.07%	3.26%
1983	97,998	6,381,038	0.02%	3.28%
1984	97,990	6,580,490	-0.008%	3.13%
1985	97,984	6,780,953	-0.006%	3.05%
1986	98,010	6,986,471	0.03%	3.03%
1987	98,376	7,191,282	0.37%	2.93%
1988	98,969	7,391,440	0.6%	2.78%
1989	99,403	7,589,216	0.44%	2.68%
1990	99,700	7,786,169	0.3%	2.6%
1991	99,895	7,981,650	0.2%	2.51%
1992	100,022	8,176,680	0.13%	2.44%
1993	100,103	8,373,921	0.08%	2.41%
1994	100,166	8,576,269	0.06%	2.42%
1995	100,225	8,785,763	0.06%	2.44%
1996	100,275	9,004,053	0.05%	2.48%
1997	100,674	9,237,063	0.4%	2.59%
1998	101,388	9,482,408	0.71%	2.66%
1999	102,046	9,740,005	0.65%	2.72%
2000	102,677	10,017,631	0.62%	2.85%
2001	103,288	10,325,185	0.6%	3.07%
2002	103,874	10,647,949	0.57%	3.13%
2003	104,464	10,983,595	0.57%	3.15%
2004	105,071	11,338,198	0.58%	3.23%
2005	105,671	11,718,819	0.57%	3.36%
2006	106,253	12,129,553	0.55%	3.5%
2007	106,726	12,565,085	0.45%	3.59%
2008	107,020	13,021,324	0.28%	3.63%
2009	107,203	13,490,389	0.17%	3.6%
2010	107,400	13,965,594	0.18%	3.52%
2011	107,570	14,437,796	0.16%	3.38%
2012	107,460	14,913,629	-0.1%	3.3%
2013	107,078	15,398,997	-0.36%	3.25%
2014	106,609	15,895,315	-0.44%	3.22%
2015	106,095	16,399,089	-0.48%	3.17%
2016	105,524	16,914,423	-0.54%	3.14%
2017	105,356	17,441,320	-0.16%	3.12%
2018	105,567	17,973,569	0.2%	3.05%
2019	105,669	18,513,839	0.1%	3.01%
2020	105,704	19,059,395	0.03%	2.95%
2021	105,490	19,603,607	-0.2%	2.86%
2022	105,042	20,152,938	-0.42%	2.8%
2023	104,597	20,723,965	-0.42%	2.83%
2024	104,175	21,314,956	-0.4%	2.85%
2025	103,744	21,913,869	-0.41%	2.81%
2026	103,290	22,521,905	-0.44%	2.77%
2027	102,899	23,138,716	-0.38%	2.74%
2028	102,568	23,761,368	-0.32%	2.69%
2029	102,280	24,389,681	-0.28%	2.64%
2030	102,069	25,024,887	-0.21%	2.6%
2031	101,927	25,666,496	-0.14%	2.56%
2032	101,837	26,311,946	-0.09%	2.51%
2033	101,807	26,960,073	-0.03%	2.46%
2034	101,806	27,611,621	-0.001%	2.42%
2035	101,833	28,266,887	0.03%	2.37%
2036	101,895	28,925,103	0.06%	2.33%
2037	101,993	29,583,482	0.1%	2.28%
2038	102,173	30,240,549	0.18%	2.22%
2039	102,367	30,895,586	0.19%	2.17%
2040	102,568	31,550,394	0.2%	2.12%
2041	102,805	32,204,340	0.23%	2.07%
2042	103,038	32,856,596	0.23%	2.03%
2043	103,306	33,510,500	0.26%	1.99%
2044	103,612	34,165,920	0.3%	1.96%
2045	103,928	34,821,101	0.3%	1.92%
2046	104,232	35,475,795	0.29%	1.88%
2047	104,502	36,129,270	0.26%	1.84%
2048	104,744	36,782,260	0.23%	1.81%
2049	104,975	37,434,667	0.22%	1.77%
2050	105,193	38,083,369	0.21%	1.73%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Tonga increased by 424 people (a 0.4% growth), while Zambia gained 4,680,270 people (a 39.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Tonga lost -2,351 (a 2.22% decline), while Zambia's population increased by 6,003,202 (a 36.6% growth).

Tonga was ranked 182nd most populous country in 2005 and is 183rd in 2025. Zambia was ranked 71st in 2005 and ranked 62nd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Tonga's population will grow by 1.4% to 105,193 people and will still be ranked 183rd. The population of Zambia will increase by 70% to 38,083,369 people and rank change from 62nd to 53rd.